Teenage Engineering OP-XY

now, please add 4x part multitimbral Midi Channel input to the OP-1f and a „mixer“ to route the signals between tape tracks or to fixed tracks, which respectively can then have their own tempo and length….

MPE for the engines 🫠

Multisampler, Brain Chords.

let’s go 🪴

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:rofl: I feel I’m being quoted out of context

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Haha nah! Not working for TE (I wish)

I just really enjoy their products.

I also spend a lot of time modding synths and trying to build them myself, so at this point I have a pretty high tolerance for “issues” with synths

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thanks - it would indeed be nice to put 7 octaves of Cs (or whatever) into a folder and then the OPXY maps it.

I’m going to have to buy one of these because I’ve been thinking about it a lot every day and that Tyson fight made me realize I’m getting old and I’ll eventually die. I want to feel the joy of OP-XY before I die.

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Looking forward to getting some example patches to mess about with, to see if I can add some support for creating these to digichain, as it already handles OP-Z / OP-1 Field sample chains.

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I’m going on a road trip today with my wife at the wheel and I decided to take the OP-1 Field with me and I have to say… it’s not helping the gas lol. Not that the Field is making me wish I had something else but more just reminding me even more how much fun it is to use TEs instruments.

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They mentioned they didn’t consider it, but working on the op-z showed them how they could add it to the op-1. By the timing I’m confident that they where already working on the field, so I would guess that while working on implementing it on the field they had it 80% working on op-1 and sad “fuck it, let’s port it back” :thinking:

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I know the op-1 field and the op-xy are out of my price bracket by a long margine. But with fields multiple projects, you could have 4 stereo audio tracks additionally to all the op-xy tracks. + You could control another track over the 4.

If they do a good integration of the 2 over usb with good audio routing… You could produce actually really complex tracks with them.

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Only two features I’d want added are are internal bounce, like an internal 8track recorder, that you can then drag the wav across to your comp via usb - like the OP1. Or, usb audio interface streaming out as an 8track. I’d take either or. That would make it a buy for me maybe in another 2 years once the price settles, perhaps Black Friday 2026 lol

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Who knows, but personally doubt that would happen. Too much overlap with what OP-1F already does.

It does excite me to think how much potential one would get pairing xy with OP-1 or TP-7 though for all the audio goodness

Tyson didn’t so much get old as he faked a fight and got a huge pay out.

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By then move can maybe add enough features to satiate the wish for a mobile workstation.

i love the encoders on the original z so much! even for dialing in values at high resolution i never had a problem with them. i know some people had encoders that popped out… but i’m talking about when the encoders were fine, working as they should- much more satisfying and quick for me than using the encoders on the op-1f for example. something about being able to turn the z encoders with 1 finger is amazing!

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Hmm, I don’t think that would be crossover. It’s like saying adding Overbridge to Digitone is taking from the Digitakt feature set (not the same I know, just using it to illustrate a point). It’s just something these devices should do in 2024. Not sure why they held back on that and can only presume it’s in the pipeline, it’s a steer clear from me until it’s on the table. Watch people sell them once they realise this is a thing

I was searching for similar encoders… And could actually not find good ones that don’t cost the price of a used po for 2 of them. It was eye opening how hard good encoders are

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i think that’s one miss on the XY… i guess i get it in that the encoders on the z obviously had problems because tons of people had them popping out. but imagine the XY with those flat encoders with the hardware issues resolved!!!

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Need to put some tires on there.

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Flat encoders also make it way easier to transport. Even with the op-1. It sounds stupid, but it makes the thickness of the case double.

Damn I want an op-z now

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haha, i want an op-z field now!!!

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